Wire-stretcher



(No Model.)

' L. S. MGMICKIN.

WIRE STRETGHER.

Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

` .dttomeys WI TJV ESS ES I NITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

WIRE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,947, dated August l1, 1885,

Application filed May 25, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it Imay concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI S. MGMICKIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cold Springs, in the countyT of San- Jacinto and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My improvement relates to an improvement in wire-stretchers 5 and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of devices, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure `1 represents a perspective view of my improved wire-stretcher. Fig. 2 shows the stretcher in use. A represents a bar, which may be formed of wood or metal, and which is of suitable length. At one end of this bar is made a V- shaped notch, B, whichis adapted to catch and retain the barbed wire while the latter is being stretched.

- Asis herein shown,the bar is constructed of wood, and is provided with metallic plates O on its notched end, which plates serve to prevent wear on the wood. The opposite eX- tremity of the bar has a ferrule, D, which has a short arm, E,and a long arm, F, extending from opposite sides, as shown. At the outer end of the arm F is a stud, G, which is serrated on its inner side, and in between the arms E and F is pivoted a cam-lever, H, which is provided with serrations on its edge facing the serrated stud. This cam lever H, in connection with the serrated stud, is adapted for clamping a smooth wire and holding the same while being a fulcrum therefor, as will be very readily understood.

l am aware that it has been heretofore proA posed to notch the end of a wire stretcher bar so as to adapt it to catch and retain barbed wire while being stretched, and this construction broadly Idisclaim. I am also aware thatit has been heretofore proposed to provide a lever for stretching wire with a cam-dog for clamping the wire, and this also broadly I disclaim.

Having thus described my invention, I Claim- The wirestretcher consisting of the bar notched at one end to receive a barbed wire, and provided with a ferrule at its opposite end, having the short arm E and the long arm F, the stud G, serrated on its inner side at the outer end of the arm F, and the serrated cam-lever H, pivoted lbetween the arms, the bar being adapted to be used as a lever in connection with a fence-postas a fulcrum, substantially as described. 'Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEVI SCOTT MCMIOKIN.

Witnesses G. I. TURNLEY, J. M. HANsBRo. 

